Comforter-sheet



July 23, 1957 B. L. SULLIVAN COMFORTER-SHEET Filed July 23, 1954 J Y R. E HEY? flrizrfiLifiwELFL H- m N M 4 L J E m 0 w u 2 i M w MM w I L A mr m u L m S M a Q m a m A E w W n m w W E 1 m 5 m S m/ n 7 mw T m w m A N 7 Z A N 6 n L 0 AM\ 0 4 4 m .w :lm C r w q United States Patent C CGWGRTER-SHEET Bessie L. Sullivan, Denver, Colo.

Application July 23, 1954, Serial No. 445,293 3 Claims. ((31. 334) This invention relates to improvement in bed covers and has reference more particularly to a comforter and sheet combination.

Sheets are and have for long times been used for protecting the under surfaces of comforters or wool blankets from becoming soiled by contact with the human body. The top sheets are merely placed over the mattress, and tucked about the foot end thereof with the sides hanging down along the sides of the mattress, the comforter is then laid on top of the sheet with the foot end tucked down along the foot of the mattress. The head end of the sheet, being longer than the comforter, is folded over the latter. This arrangement looks well but at night when the bed is in use, the head end of the sheet becomes removed from the comforter exposing the same and the desired relationship between the comforter and the sheet is therefore no longer effective.

It is the principal object of this invention to provide a modified construction of both the sheet and the comforter for the purpose of effecting an attachment between them which will hold them in the desired relative position during the night time when the bed is in use as well as in the daytime.

Having thus in a general way pointed out the object of the invention and the means of obtaining it, the invention will now be described in detail, for which purpose reference will be had to the accompanying drawing in which the invention is shown, and in which:

Figure l is a top plan view of the sheet;

Figure 2 is a section taken on line 22 Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a section taken on line 33 Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a top plan view to a somewhat smaller scale than Figure 1 showing the comforter in place and the head end of the sheet draped or folded over the comforter, portions being removed to better disclose the construction;

Figure 5 is a longitudinal section showing the relationship of the sheet and comforter; and,

Figure 6 is a fragmentary view showing the comforter attached to the sheet by means of a snap fastener.

Reference character S designates the sheet in its entirety and C the comforter which may be of any usual make. Comforters are made in standard sizes and the same is usually true of mattresses. The sheet is longer than its width, its outline being that of an oblong rectangle. The sheet is both wider and longer than the comforter, the size of the latter being indicated by the rectangle formed by tapes 10 in Figure 1. Tapes 10 are formed from two thicknesses of cloth folded as shown in Figure 3 and are attached to the sheet by a row of stitching 11. The tapes have spaced buttonholes 12 whose edges are buttonhole stitched in the usual way. The head end of the sheet (the end to the right in Figure 1) is folded back onto itself as shown in Figure 2. The left-hand end of the folded portion is folded double and then folded outwardly and stitched along line 13 leaving a tape 14. The foot end of the sheet is hemmed.

"ice The hem stitch has been designated by 15. That portion of the sheet between the foot end and the corresponding tape 10 has been designated by numeral 16 for convenience in referring thereto.

The comforter has a size substantially equal to the outside of the rectangle formed by the tapes in Figure 1 and has its under side provided with buttons 17 along its edges. The buttons are so positioned and spaced that, when the comforter is superposed on the sheet as shown in Figure 4, each button will register with a buttonhole. The comforter is then secured to the sheet, or to the tapes by the buttons 17 and buttonholes. The upper surface of the comforter is provided near its head end with a row of buttons 18 positioned to register with the buttonholes 19 in tape 14, the latter being attached to the comforter by buttons 18.

It is to be understood that instead of buttons and buttonholes being employed to effect a readily releasable connection between the tapes and the comforter, any other suitable means may be employed such as snap fasteners or hooks and eyes. In Figure 6 snap fasteners 20 have been indicated.

The sheet can be laid onto the mattress before the comforter is attached to it and end 16 can be folded underneath the mattress; the comforter is then attached to tapes 10 after which the head end of the sheet, which contains the tape 14, is folded back onto the comforter and buttoned or otherwise secured in place, all as shown in Figures 4 and 5.

The sheet and comforter will now retain their relative positions at all times. The sheet can be detached for washing Whenever necessary.

Since the sheet is both longer and wider than the mattress it can be tucked under the mattress along one or both sides thereof as well as at the foot as shown in Figure 5 and it will therefore be held in the desired position at night when the bed is occupied as well as during the daytime when it is not in use. Since the comforter is attached to the sheet it will be held in the desired position and will not become dislocated as it so often does when it is laid loosely onto the sheet.

What is claimed as new is:

1. In combination: a substantially rectangular bed sheet having a head end and a foot end, a first tape attached along only one side edge to the top surface of the sheet in spaced substantially parallel relation to the head end thereof, a second tape attached along only the side edge nearest the first tape to the top surface of the sheet adjacent the head end thereof, the first and second tapes each including a plurality of laterally-spaced apertures, means comprising third tapes having at least one aperture therein secured along one edge to the top of the sheet in laterally-spaced relation between the first tape and the foot end thereof; and, a substantially rectangular blanket having a head end and a foot end, a first set of fasteners arranged in laterally-spaced relation adjacent the head end of the blanket on the underside thereof positioned to connect with the apertures in the first tape when said blanket is laid on top of the sheet, a second set of fasteners attached to the underside of the blanket in a laterally-spaced relation between the head end and foot end thereof positioned to connect with the apertures in the third tapes, and a third set of fasteners arranged in laterally-spaced relation on the top surface of the blanket in a line lying in spaced substantially-parallel relation to the head end thereof, said third set of fasteners being positioned to connect with the apertures in the second tape when the head end of the sheet is folded over onto the top surface of the blanket.

2. A device in accordance with claim 1 in which the fasteners comprise buttons.

7 3 V V o 3. A-device 'in accordance with claim 1 in which the 2,239,017 apertures comprise eyelets sewn in the tapes. 2,736,043

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1 y 5 $22 33 1,009,332 Mead Nov.2.1, 1911 4 Roberts Apr. 22, 1941 Temple Feb. 28, 1956 FOREIGN PATENTS Germany Jan. 23, 1927 France July 30, 1934 

